The Nature Forward Conservation Blog has moved – it is now housed at our new website, https://natureforward.org/conservation/conservation-blog/. Please join us there for new posts and content ..read more

Update 9/29/22: NOTE: The public comment period has been extended to October 28, 2022. Click here to read and download a copy of Stormwater Partners Network (SWPN), Maryland Advocates for Sustainable Transportation (MAST) and Other Environmental Groups JPA comments. Along with many partners, ANS has continued to fight the wrong-headed decision ..read more

In December 2021, ANS revamped its Conservation Research and Advocacy Volunteer Program to consistently engage members and volunteers in the work of our Conservation Department. Conservation advocates in DC, Maryland, and Virginia host bi-monthly meetings with volunteers paired with a training or workshop to enhance their skills and ability to ..read more

Teamwork makes the streams work! Using new types of data and real peoples’ stories as motivators, the Audubon Naturalist Society alongwith watershed group partners, Friends of Holmes Run, Friends of Oxon Run, and the Neighbors of the Northwest Branch, have created the first-of-its-kind Story of Streams, a report card designed ..read more

11/29/22 UPDATE: Thanks to your advocacy and the Electrify MoCo Coalition’s persistency, the Montgomery County Council passed Bill 13-22 unanimously today.  All new building constructions will be required to be all electric starting December 31st, 2026, and some buildings like on income-restricted residential units, residential buildings with 4 or more stories ..read more

On October 21st, Nature Forward testified at the Committee of the Whole Public Hearing on the Migratory Wildlife Protection Act, also known as Bird Safe Buildings Act. What’s Happening? Each year likely thousands of birds are being killed by hitting glass buildings in DC.  Since 2010, Lights Out DC volunteers ..read more

UPDATE FROM NOVEMBER 2, 2022Nature Forward is disappointed to report that, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 2, after 14-hours of a public hearing, the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors passed the PW Digital Gateway comprehensive plan amendment in a 5-2 vote. This plan will remove ..read more

10/17/22 Update: Council cancels T&E worksession on Bill 25-22. Montgomery County council has decided to push the review of Forest Conservation Bill 25-22 to the next Council. ANS and the Montgomery County Forest Coalition is disappointed to not have stronger protections for our forest ecosystem as soon as possible. We ..read more